As I’m putting this take together about the main character, Sun, I’m thinking hard about his friends. What kind does he have? Are they fair-weather? Or set in stone diehards?
Friends are hard to come by these days, because the digital age has watered down the idea of friends to likes and social media interactions.
Many times, I read an article where the authors are stating that they have 5k followers, but they still feel isolated and alone. Not surprising. Followers are not a definition of friendship.
As a Bipolar man, I have few friends, but they are loyal and set in stone. They know me. They have weathered the madness with me. They care about me.
You have to find those for yourself, if you truly want to succeed in life. Don’t gravitate toward only people who will do for you if you do for them. That isn’t friendship, that’s commerce.
Friends call you and check on you. Sometimes they call you out. Sometimes they don’t care but they show up anyways. They don’t want anything from you, other than your company. They don’t manipulate. But they may tease….And you gotta deal with that.
If you can’t laugh at yourself, then you definitely won’t be able to handle the bigger pressures that are ahead on the road to success. So take the air out of your pride balloon. Pop it if you have to. Humility is required where we are going…
Be real…
Todd Doyle
Truthsayer's Chronicles 